CVE-2020-11579

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Chadha PHPKB 9.0 Enterprise Edition. installer/test-connection.php (part of the installation process) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose local files on hosts running PHP before 7.2.16, or on hosts where the MySQL ALLOW LOCAL DATA INFILE option is enabled.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-306

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://shielder.it/Third Party Advisory
https://www.phpkb.comProduct
https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://shielder.it/Third Party Advisory
https://www.phpkb.comProduct
https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 3, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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